Storm victims in Rockland get FEMA aid

11:39 PM,
Nov. 10, 2012

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Tom Sullivan hopes that with a little help from the feds, the waterfront property that's been in his family 90 years will be restored to its former glory - a gathering spot where his children and grandchildren love to fish, canoe and swim.

The 78-year-old's beach house - the Sullivan family calls it "the shanty" - and nearby garage on Beach Road in Stony Point were badly damaged when Superstorm Sandy hit Oct. 29.

Fierce winds blew the garage doors off their hinges and water flooded in, damaging boating equipment and soaking a jet ski and motorcycle, he said. ...